Built-in china closet



March 30,1926.

C. C. WHITE BUILT-IN CHINA CLOSET Filed Dec. 19, 1921 .7 7//////// 7///// 7// r/fi/////// Patent ed Mar. 30, .1926

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES c. WH TE, or CHICAGO, IELINoIs.

BnIL'r-IN CHINA cLosEr.

Application filed December 19, 1921. Serial No. 523,358.

adapted for use in kitchenette apartments.

The object of the invention is to provide a china closet of improved constructlon.

In the drawings: Fig. 1 1s a section through a pair of china closets embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one of the closets and Fig. 3 is a section of the other closet. Fig. 4 is a vertical section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

The invention is exemplified in a pair of closets A and B which are usually installed in a connecting passageway between the living and dining room and the kitchen in kitchenette"apartments, a space'being left between them to serve as a passageway between the rooms. in structure, so that a description of one will suffice for both. Each has one of its ends unfinished and adapted to fit against one of the room walls C.

Each closet comprises a unit composed of a base 7, sides 8, a top 9, an unfinished end 10 adapted to fit against one of the walls C and an outer end 11 all rigidly secured together and assembled at the factory. One

side is provided with a Veneer panel 12 and the other side is provided with a hinged door 13 which is provided with a window 14. A panel 15 is provided in the exposed end 11, A base-board 16, conforming to the baseboard of the room is placed around the sides and exposed end of the unit to finish the lower end of the cabinet and give it the appearance of a built-in unit. A characteristic of this construction is thatthe unit may be assembled at the factory, and the base-board 16, corres onding to the baseboard of the room, is tted around the base- 20 will be concealed. A tray ware or a tray 24 adapted to hold table linen These closets are similar portion of the cabinet, so that the minimum amount of work will be involved in installing the closet. In kitchenette apartments, it is frequently difficult or impossible to provide a conven l ient place for the table linen and silverware and one object of the invention is to provide a convenient place for keeping such articles where they will not be exposed'butconvenient of access. Each closet islprovided with shelves '17 to support dishes and the upper shelf 18 is disposed near the top 9 so as to form a shallow compartment 20. The

shelf 18 is disposed above the upper mar-' gins of door 13, so that the compartment 23 for silverfit into either one of the compartments 20 of the units respectively. When the door 13 is open, the tray may be removed from the compartment. 20 and when closed, thetop rail 21 will close the open side of compartment 20. i

The invention exemplifies a china closet which may be advantageously installed and is particularly adapted for use in kitchenette apartments.

Theinvention is not to bev understood as restricted to the details set forth, since these may be modified within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

The combination with a built-in Wall having a base-board, of a china closet consisting V of a factory-built unit having relatively narrow ends and wide sides and aclosed top, one of the ends being unfinished and fitting against said wall, and the other finished, the sides being finished and one of them having a door with a window therein, and a baseboard extending around the' finished ends and sides, forming a continuation of the base-board of the .wall, the closet forming, when secured against the wall, a built-in structure.

CHARLES 0. WHITE. 

